Fonds
Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions Records
Catalogue reference: M/QS
What’s it about?
This record is about the Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions Records dating from 1707-1971.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Powys County Archives Office.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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M/QS
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Title (The name of the record)
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Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1707-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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Contents
SESSIONS RECORDS
SESSIONS ROLLS
ORDER BOOKS
DRAFT ORDER BOOKS
MINUTE BOOKS
MISCELLANEOUS
CORRESPONDENCE
RATING APPEAL COMMITTEE
LICENSING COMMITTEE (COMPENSATION AUTHORITY)
ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS
BRIDGES
CONSTABULARY
COUNTY GAOL
HIGHWAYS
LUNACY
MISCELLANEOUS
FINANCIAL RECORDS
GENERAL AUDIT BOOKS
TREASURER'S GENERAL ANNUAL ACCOUNTS
TREASURER'S QUARTERLY ACCOUNTS
MISCELLANEOUS
CONSTABULARY
RATES
REGISTERED AND DEPOSITED RECORDS
MONTGOMERYSHIRE ENCLOSURE AWARDS AND MAPS
PRIVATE ENCLOSURE OF LAND
SHROPSHIRE ENCLOSURE AWARDS AND MAPS
A LIST OF COMMISSIONERS, VALUERS AND SURVEYORS
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: Annuity Roll, Land Tax, Electoral Registers
OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE
OATHS OF DISSENTING MINISTERS
DEPOSITED PLANS OF PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS: Railway Plans, Sections and Books of Reference, Roads, Bridges, Waterworks, Miscellaneous
QUALIFICATION ROLLS
TURNPIKE TRUSTS
REGISTERED: MICELLANEOUS
JUSTICES
COMMISSIONS OF THE PEACE
JUSTICES QUALIFICATION ROLLS
CLERK OF THE PEACE
RETURNS
CLERK: MISCELLANOEUS
PRINTED MATTER
SANITARY AUTHORITIES
FORDEN UNION: Minute books
MACHYNLLETH UNION: Parochial Ledgers
NEWTOWN AND LLANIDLOES UNION: Miscellaneous
TURNPIKE TRUSTS
MONTGOMERY SECOND DISTRICT TRUST
MONTGOMERYSHIRE INFIRMARY
MINUTE BOOKS
MICELLANEOUS
LICENSING
MONTGOMERYSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS: ENCLOSURE AWARDS
FINANCE: GENERAL ACCOUNTS
JUSTICES
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arranged into the following: Sessions records; Administrative records; Financial records; Registered and deposited records; Justices; Clerks of the Peace; Sanitary authorities; Turnpike trusts; Montgomeryshire Infirmary; and Miscellaneous.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Powys County Archives Office
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Montgomeryshire Court of Quarter Sessions</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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194 boxes
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Transferred from The National Library of Wales in 1990
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- <p>A hard copy is available at the Powys County Archives Service. The catalogue is available online.</p>
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Court of Quarter Sessions in Montgomeryshire sat four times a year, attended by the Justices of the Peace of the county. Quarter Sessions courts began in Wales after the Acts of Union, 1536-1543. The Quarter Sessions played a major role in the local administration of Montgomeryshire until the late nineteenth century, when many of its administrative functions were transferred to the County Council. The judicial role of the Courts continued until their abolition in 1971. The Court of Quarter Sessions heard a broad range of cases including burglary, assault, drunkenness, poaching, vagrancy, rioting, unlawful cutting of timber, and encroachment. Forms of punishment handed down by the justices were fines, flogging, imprisonment and transportation. The Court also heard disputes between individuals, such as non-payment of debts, and was responsible for the administration of the Poor Laws. There were numerous administrative matters overseen by the courts, including licensing alehouses, determining wage-levels, enclosure of commons, and controlling registration of charities and nonconformist meeting houses. In addition, the Court had responsibility for overseeing statutory undertakings and the upkeep of bridges, gaols and houses of correction.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a3fff95b-16ce-42de-8bce-cd7c582273ba/
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Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions Records